SP2 8GS

Salisbury Harnham East · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury
Postcode district
SP2
Postcode sector
SP2 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SP2 8GU 46 m
SP2 8FG 100 m
SP2 8TB 129 m
SP2 8FD 157 m
SP2 8AD 187 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SP2 8GS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 May 2026
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SP
Postcode district
SP2
Postcode sector
SP2 8
Latitude
51.053171
Longitude
-1.792368
British National Grid easting
414,649
British National Grid northing
128,224

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Parish or community
E04013046
Westminster constituency
Salisbury · E14001460
Output area
E00184270
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 059C · E01032007
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 059 · E02006674

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
31
Primary
17
Secondary
5
  1. Longford Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    953 m
  2. St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, Salisbury

    Voluntary aided school

    1.1 km
  3. Harnham Church of England Controlled Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
784
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 279
  • Anti social behaviour 135
  • Criminal damage and arson 84
  • Shoplifting 61
  • Public order 57

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SP2 8 residents
8,246

Age bands in SP2 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16%

1,350 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

809 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.2%

1,964 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.7%

2,260 residents

Age 65 and over
24.6%

2,080 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • HARCOURT MEDICAL CENTRE

    CRANE BRIDGE ROAD, SALISBURY, SP2 7TD

    ODS code J83003

    1.7 km

  • SALISBURY WALK-IN HC

    AVON APPROACH, SALISBURY, SP1 3SL

    ODS code Y02666

    2.1 km

  • SARUM HEALTH GROUP

    MILLSTREAM MEDICAL CENTRE, MILLSTREAM HOUSE, AVON APPROACH, SALISBURY, SP1 3SL

    ODS code J83052

    2.1 km

  • THREE CHEQUERS MEDICAL PRACTICE

    72 ENDLESS STREET, SALISBURY, SP1 3UH

    ODS code J83026

    2.1 km

  • SALISBURY MEDICAL PRACTICE

    FISHERTON HOUSE, FOUNTAIN WAY, SALISBURY, SP2 7FD

    ODS code J83021

    2.4 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rowbarrow

    BCT · Salisbury

    0.0 miles
  • Viking Way

    BCT · Salisbury

    0.0 miles
  • Rowbarrow

    BCT · Salisbury

    0.0 miles
  • Viking Way

    BCT · Salisbury

    0.0 miles
  • Longhill Drive

    BCT · Salisbury

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 059C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

22,230 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
9 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Evidence in context

Schools

31 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 5 secondary schools. Longford Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 953 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

784 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 279 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.